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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

True Root - Principle Two

Day 6 - Mosiah 11:23 "And it shall come to pass that except this people repent and turn unto the Lord their God, they shall be brought into bondage; and none shall deliver them, except it be the Lord the Almighty God"

"When we are under the influence of any addiction, one way to describe our situation is to say that we are in bondage.  Is our addiction [any repeating bad habit] really the primary sin we need to repent of, or is it just a symptom?  According to Abinadi, what is the true root of sin?

My bad habits and "addictions" come from not being rooted in Christ.  Or in other words not consciously bringing the Spirit into my life.  So the true root of sin is not turning to the Lord.  Because when left to my own devices, I gradually sink.  My sins and bad habits are a symptom on the surface, a symptom of the condition and attitude of my heart.  Where my heart truly is, my actions follow.  The only way to get the power to act differently is from conscious contact with the Spirit, with the Savior.  I am 3 days - video game free!
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  1. Pitterle PostingsSeptember 22, 2010 at 1:28 PM

    I so agree with that statement. Where my heart truly is, my actions follow. I have found that to be true in my own life. When I make the changes to get closer to Him, I always do. It is amazing to me how much He stands ready to bless us and help us if we will just turn to Him. All of us have some type of "addiction", some addictions are just more acceptable than others. Some are drugs, alcohol, abuse, guilt, lazyness, never feeling like you are enough, despair, sorrow, or blame. I could go on and on. I think the important thing is to realize that Christ helps us to make changes in our own lives that can alter the course of our life. We can not ever start over. There are no any do-overs in our life. But we can always start right now and make a new ending to our life. We can choose to change.

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